If you have ridden Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT recently, you know the exact preshow moment that became an inescapable park meme. Credit: D23 As guests gather inside the Galaxarium briefing room, actor Terry Crews appears on screen as Centurion Tal Marik of the Nova Corps. Welcoming Earth visitors, he hesitates while pondering what citizens call themselves: ...

Magic Kingdom’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad reopened to parkgoers on May 3, 2026, following a massive 16-month refurbishment. While the coaster returned with smoother trackwork and a freshly painted Tumbleweed, eagle-eyed Disney fans noticed one glaring omission: the spinning possums that traditionally hung over the tracks were completely missing. Credit: Disney Now, just five months after the coaster welcomed back ...

The Disney Visa Card occupies a strange spot in the Disney planning world. It is not a premium travel card. The rewards structure will not impress anyone who optimizes points for a living. And yet it remains one of the more genuinely useful things a frequent Disney visitor can carry, because the perks are not really about rewards at all. ...

Most Walt Disney World guests probably aren’t thinking about who knows where they are while walking through Magic Kingdom. They’re thinking about their next ride, checking wait times, or grabbing food. Behind the scenes, though, guests can leave a surprisingly detailed digital trail. Many tools visitors use throughout their vacation can provide information about where they’ve been, often without them ...

Costuming is one of the few things Disney fans will argue about endlessly without ever quite agreeing on terms. The complaint has been building for years. Magic Kingdom’s costumes used to be aggressively specific. What someone wore in Frontierland did not resemble what someone wore in Tomorrowland, and the difference was part of how the park sold the idea that ...

It may be October, but Christmas is just around the corner, and the biggest Holiday celebration of the year has sold out for another day, locking guests out of Magic Kingdom closer to Christmas Day. Here’s what you need to know! Credit: Rob Bixby, Flickr Date Close to Christmas Sells out, Locking Families out of Magic Kingdom During Party Mickey’s ...

Something wicked may be brewing once again. Just as spooky season gets underway, Bette Midler has dropped something Hocus Pocus fans weren’t expecting — and speculation quickly exploded. The Disney icon behind Winifred Sanderson knows how passionate fans remain about the Sanderson sisters. This time, she gave them just enough to start asking some big questions. Midler isn’t giving everything ...

There is a sequence that happens at Disney resort hotels every single day. A family checks in, drops bags in the room or hands them to Bell Services, and then goes directly to the food court. Not for food. For the refillable mugs. Everyone picks a design, the mugs get rung up, and from that point forward, those mugs go ...

There is a specific moment that signals to a Disney traveler that the vacation has started, and it is not at the park entrance. It is standing on a platform at Orlando International Airport, waiting for a driverless tram to glide up, doors opening with that pneumatic hiss, and then riding elevated above the airfield toward the main terminal. No ...

Magic Kingdom marked 55 years of operation on October 1, 2026, with a morning ceremony at Cinderella Castle, a message sent straight to guests’ phones, and a new collection of commemorative merchandise. Credit: Disney A Park Built on Walt’s Florida Dream Walt Disney announced his plans for Florida in 1965, after quietly acquiring more than 27,000 acres of land near ...